A Place Called Vatmaar: A Living Story of a Time That Is No More - Softcover

Scholtz, A.H.M.

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9780795701047: A Place Called Vatmaar: A Living Story of a Time That Is No More

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ISBN 10: 0795701047 ISBN 13: 9780795701047

Publisher: Kwela Books, 2000

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A hundred years ago, a small settlement sprang up in theNorthern Cape. A rich diversity of people moved in, as the children were born, Vatmaar became a village. A. H. M. Scholtz tells of Oom Chai, who in turn tells of a Vuurmaak, who in turn introduces someone else. Thus a chain of stories is created interlinking the fates of unforgettable characters like Lance-Corporal George Lewis and his Tswana wife, Rush, Sis Bet, Old Chetty, Hendruk, January, Tant Vonnie and her daughters as they recount tales of the Anglo-Boer War, the diamond diggings, court cases and stokvels: the tricksters and the tricked, marriages and funerals, love and betrayal. A Place Called Vatmaar is a panoramic novel: compelling, wise and humane.

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